We are Bruce & Barbara, passionate travelers who turned our dream into reality—exploring the world while sharing insights on slow travel, must-have travel gear, and the best sites & apps for nomads like us.
Where We Traveled: February is almost gone, so it seems like now is the time to examine how we did with our first full year as " fauxmads " — i.e., long-term but not quite nomadic travelers. A quick timeline recap for those of you who don't know our story: June 2024: We retired from our respective careers in education and public health, sold our Rhode Island home and all of our belongings, paring down our stuff to six 27-gallon plastic totes, two carry-on suitcases, and our
Oceania Regatta We just finished the Dream Trip—a three-week cruise on the luxury-class Oceania Regatta from Los Angeles to Tahiti. Looking back on the experience, with gourmet meals, a night in an overwater bungalow in Bora Bora, three days in a Tahitian villa with a private pool overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the island of Moorea, I’m still shaking my head—how did a public schoolteacher and an underpaid state health lawyer pull this off without consigning ourselves to ea
